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Focus

Focus, or Focus 580, was WILL Radio's flagship talk program from 1981 until 2014. David Inge was the host from 1981 until his retirement in 2012. Always engaging, the program acted as a resource for citizens to directly question politicians and candidates as well as keep up on the arts, science, health, and even the latest from well-known novelists.

The Focus archive below offers thousands of great interviews and serves as a time capsule and a great resource for researchers and those just curious about how influential people spoke of important topics as they were happening.

If you haven't read the fiction of Neil Gaiman you truly should. Once highly regarded by fans of the graphic novel, Gaiman expanded into a genre that's hard to pin down: elements of horror, magical realism, and comedy blended into a style that can only be described as Neil Gaiman. Think Edgar Allen Poe meets Douglas Adams, and you're close. Gaiman's books include American Gods, Neverwhere, Good Omens (with Terry Prachett), Stardust, Coraline, and Anansi Boys among others. For this Focus 580 program from 2002 hosted by David Inge, Gaiman's publicist somehow forgot to tell him about the interview (which was by telephone). But it turned out that Neil Gaiman is not only an amazing writer but a very good sport, and without missing a beat he jumped into the interview with both feet.